(Wireless) ADSL VPN Firewall Router with 3DES Accelerator
Chapter 4: Configuration
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LAN to LAN PPTP Connection
Connection Name:
A user-define description of the connection.
Type:
Check
Dial Out
if you want your router to operate as a client (connecting to a remote
VPN server, e.g. your office server), check
Dial In
operates as a VPN server.
When configuring your router establish the connection to a remote LAN, enter the remote
Server IP
Address
(or Hostname)
you wish to connection to.
When configuring your router as a server to accept incoming connections, enter the
Private IP Address Assigned to Dial in User
address.
Peer Network IP:
Enter Peer network IP address.
Netmask:
Enter the subnet mask of peer network based on the Peer Network IP setting.
Username:
If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the username provided by your Host.
If
you are a Dial-In user (server), enter your own username.
Password:
If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the password provided by the your Host.
If you are a Dial-In user (server), enter your own password.
PPP Authentication Type:
Default is
Auto
if you want the router to determine the
authentication type to use, or else manually specify CHAP (Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol) or PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) if you know which type
the server is using (when acting as a client), or else the authentication type you want clients
connecting to you to use (when acting as a server). When using PAP, the password is sent
unencrypted, whilst CHAP encrypts the password before sending, and also allows for
challenges at different periods to ensure that the client has not been replaced by an intruder.
Data Encryption:
Data sent over the VPN connection can be encrypted by an MPPE
algorithm. Default is
Auto,
so that this setting is negotiated when establishing a connection,
or else you can manually
Enable
or
Disable
encryption.